A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for various repairs needed in madison county as a result of hurricane helene.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State Budget and Management the sum of eighty‑eight million three hundred ninety‑five thousand dollars ($88,395,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025‑2026 fiscal year to provide a directed grant to Madison County to be used as follows:
(1)	Twenty‑five million dollars ($25,000,000) for repairs at the Marshall Wastewater Treatment Plant.
(2)	Six million dollars ($6,000,000) for repairs to the Marshall Town Hall.
(3)	One million six hundred thousand dollars ($1,600,000) to rebuild the Marshall Housing Authority Apartments.
(4)	One million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) for repairs to the Marshall Volunteer Fire Department.
(5)	Four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for repairs to the Hot Springs Town Hall.
(6)	Twelve million dollars ($12,000,000) to build a new facility for the Hot Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant.
(7)	Six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) for repairs to the Hot Springs Community Center.
(8)	Two hundred seventy thousand dollars ($270,000) for repairs to the Hot Springs Library.
(9)	Three million dollars ($3,000,000) for temporary relocation of Town departments housed in the Sprinkle Shelton Building.
(10)	Four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for repairs to Barnard Park.
(11)	Two hundred twenty‑five thousand dollars ($225,000) for repairs to the Hot Springs Housing Authority Wastewater Treatment Facility.
(12)	Twenty‑five million dollars ($25,000,000) for repairs to the French Broad River, Ivy River, and Additional County Tributaries and Waterways, including debris removal.
(13)	Four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for repairs to the County's Communications Tower at Duckett Top.
(14)	Nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) to complete the upgrades to the NC Emergency Communication Towers.
(15)	Six million two hundred thousand dollars ($6,200,000) for assistance in the design/build of an E‑911 and Emergency Operations Facility.
(16)	Four million nine hundred thousand dollars ($4,900,000) for assistance in the design/build of an ambulance and medical personnel facility in the Town of Marshall.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2025.